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Nightmare on a cross-sea bridge nearly 3 miles long: Two people were killed and at least 65 were injured in a pileup involving about 100 vehicles in foggy weather on a bridge near South Korea's Incheon International Airport today, officials say. The damaged cars have now been removed from the 14,400-foot Yeongjong Bridge on the highway from the airport to the capital, Seoul, according to an official who says it's not clear how the pileup began; it was likely aggravated by thick fog and icy road conditions. In 2006, a 29-car pileup in foggy weather on another cross-sea bridge in South Korea left 11 people dead and more than 50 injured.

From the looks of those cars, speed was a definite factor. These cars weren't driving slow. People just never seem to learn from experience. Too bad, so sad.

Ezekiel 25:17

Feb 11, 2015 11:27 AM CST

Pileups are a study of human behavior. One of those highway cams caught one we had that lasted more than an hour. The roads were iced over. People knew that. But when we get ice in the south, people drive faster because it says, "Well, I'll show them I can drive 80 instead of 70 because I'm like a super driver." So at this junction, we already had 30 cars in the pileup. Then this 18-wheeler, who should have seen the fires, light bars, flashers, etc from a 1/2 mile away hit the pile at 75mph and he was killed. Then about 10 people behind hit him and that killed a car driver. Then it went on and on until about 50 cars were in a big burning mess with a half dozen dead.